Professor David I. Strutt

David

Senior Research Fellow/Professor

Department of Biomedical Science
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield S10 2TN
United Kingdom

email : d.strutt@sheffield.ac.uk

Room: D36 Firth Court

Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 2372

Research Interests

Cell polarisation is a fundamental process in the development of complex multicellular organisms. We are interested in how such polarisation is coordinated and maintained during development, with a primary interest in the roles of the Frizzled sevenpass transmembrane receptor.

Read more (link to the Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics)

History

  • 2005: Professor of Developmental Genetics
  • 2003-present: Wellcome Senior Fellow in Basic Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield
  • 1998-2003: Lister Institute-Jenner Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
  • 1997-1998: Lecturer, University of Sheffield
  • 1993-1997: Postdoctoral Fellow, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg
  • 1991-1993: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge
  • 1988-1991: PhD, Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge
  • 1985-1988: BA Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge

Activities and Distinctions

  • Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Basic Biomedical Science
  • Editorial board of Current Biology

Funding

Recent Publications

  • Strutt D.
    The planar polarity pathway.
    Curr Biol. 2008;18(19):R898-902.
  • Strutt H, Strutt D.
    Differential stability of flamingo protein complexes underlies the establishment of planar polarity.
    Curr Biol. 2008;18(20):1555-64.
  • Strutt D, Warrington SJ.
    Planar polarity genes in the Drosophila wing regulate the localisation of the FH3-domain protein Multiple Wing Hairs to control the site of hair production.
    Development. 2008;135(18):3103-11.
  • Brunk K, Vernay B, Griffith E, Reynolds NL, Strutt D, Ingham PW, Jackson AP.
    Microcephalin coordinates mitosis in the syncytial Drosophila embryo.
    J Cell Sci. 2007;120(Pt 20):3578-88.
  • Bastock, R. and Strutt, D. (2007)
    The planar polarity pathway promotes coordinated cell migration during Drosophila oogenesis.
    Development 134:3055-3064.
  • Strutt, D. and Strutt, H. (2007)
    Differential activities of the core planar polarity proteins during Drosophila wing patterning.
    Developmental Biology 302:181-194.
  • Strutt, H., Price, M.A., and Strutt, D. (2006)
    Planar polarity is positively regulated by casein kinase I epsilon in Drosophila.
    Current Biology 16:1329-1336.
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